"insidious" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 潛伏的
• 陰險的

Definition

形容有害的事物悄悄發展，慢慢擴散而不易察覺，直到變得危險。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

偏正式，常用於描述疾病、問題或危險悄悄發展，例如“insidious disease”（隱性疾病）。不要與“狡猾的”混淆。

Examples

Cancer can be an insidious disease.

癌症可能是一種**潛伏的**疾病。

The effects of pollution can be insidious.

污染的影響可能是**潛伏的**。

The virus has an insidious way of spreading.

這種病毒以**潛伏的**方式傳播。

Stress is insidious—you might not even notice it building up.

壓力非常**隱蔽**，你可能都沒注意到它逐漸累積。

It’s the insidious nature of cyber attacks that makes them so dangerous.

網絡攻擊之所以危險，正是因為它的**潛伏性**。

What’s so insidious about the rumor is how it spread without anyone noticing.

這個謠言最**陰險**的地方在於，它在沒人察覺的情況下就傳播開了。